V. 72, Issue 18, April 8, 2005

Bryallt University's campus newspaper since 1946 Volume 72, Issue 18 April 8, 2005 Female students fight for townhouses By Chris Hamilton ment tor the appltcanL" is by Sports Edllor: gender. Yet in tb~ h()using sign up sbeel, it states near the top 01 th second page, "The town Before lhi . year. Bryant house lorteries are "olely based University has had little in com on SeN total .· Whether dividing mon with th L.A. Lukers slar by gender is a go()d idea or not. Kobe Bryant except a last name. the appli~ant . had no Idea when But recently. the ~inularille " entering the "election proces " have grown. Now both Bryant~ lhat their gender would be a fa excel at ba ketball and are fac tor in their townhouse seleclion. ing seriou "allegation from Thi " wa:n'l the only revela w men. Afler the lottery num tion lert waiting for the appli bers for next year' 6-person cant , The school gave 10 6-per townhouse '. also known as the s n town hou:e slots lor the "new townhouses." were IUllde. female pool ::wd 19 for the male many pe()ple have brought forth pool. John Denio, Director of grievances about the selection Re idence Life. explamed in an proce ' , interview that the divisi n of Tht: meth d u 'ed for d ciiling townhouse slots for the lottery who receives these "prime real was bused on the percent of e tate "come J wn t two malt: and female ,-tudeO! ' in the fonru llf div idtng the applicants. elllor c1as. C onhng to th Photo courtesy by Demetrius Bobo The ti.rs! reqUIrement i . based on rismg "enior c1a~s, 60Clf- are male The mock car crash changes some of Bryant students' views about drinking and drivang. SeN number and ~ eN is based <lnJ .to% are female Whether RA's and RD's worked together to Inform the community of what could happen to a per· on the number of class credits you have. The cond require- Cont'd on page 5 son If they get behind the wheel after a heavy OIght of drinking. • • OM'XF o prIng ee en come lan, Iv.Iitch Hedberg dies at age 37 'XANYTHING' By Emilie Lavoie policy. endor 'ed by llr Vice President for AcadeIUlc Affairs. AssisJant CamplL~ NewsEditor Dr. Unni. that i: to be put into Earlier in the sch 01 year. the immediate effect al Bryant concept of an . 'XF PolicY' was UnlVerity. mtroduced to Bryant's campus. Why the change? AmI whal A<:, with rno I prop sed change'. e.xactly are these changes and there were mixed feelings how will they m rph the student regarding the raw version f the body's VIew of the policy Dr. released policy. To enlighten Lux. Dean of the CoUege of Arts those who may have forgotten. and cience'. answered these or somehow never beard of the and evenll other questions in an policy, the XF policy was creat e-mail correspondence this ed 10 allow student· to retake week. Fir>t. Lux responded to course. and replace an F grade the pertinent question "why the with the grade from the 'econd changes?" Lux says that the taking of the course, cbanges implemented developed Naturally, given only the fr m discu, sions with student<; basic formal f thi ' policy. tll and faculty over the pa. t few den~ began to que tion a variety months. as well as comments of potential situations that may fr mUle Student Senate during a eventually stem from u h a pol meetin!! with Dr. Unru and icy. During the last. everal Profess r McNally The commit months. the Facultv Committee tee med to addre ., concerned courtesy of mitchhedberg.com on University Orgalllzation has expre "se<.l .tcro·s the board and caretully considered every angle change' were in acknowledge Comedian Mitch Hedberg, 37, died on Wednesday, March 30, 2005, only 6 days after SPB of the policy and disclIs 'ed po~- ment of these general concerns. made the announcment that Hedberg would perform on April 30. the Saturday night of iblc reformations. Finallv. the me basi point: )f Ihe Bryant's annual Spring Weekend. This was to be the first year SPB would sponsor two committee, namely L ri . replacement policy are outlined main acts for Spring Weekend. Chris Companik, SPB's concert chair has been busy try Johnson. Director f Advl. mg, in .1 recent campus-wide e-mail, Ing to locate a new act tor Saturday night since the announcement of Hedberg's death. ha.s compJeted whar wiD be called a "gntde replacement" Cont'd on page 5 ArticJ cont'd on page 4 Can a .lob Ultervlew actually Check the latest score. for Did you misl. Bill Belichick last ~end you back to your chJld Bryant many teams jn week? Well now's your chance h od in 'The Rant ? Bulldog Btles. to catch up Page 2 National News The Archway Science boot camp reconditions 'high schoo brain' BBy Becky Bllrtindale "The results prove that stu College of Science and a co Randle is a constant and for and take note effectively per Knight Ridder Newspapers dents who go lhrough this pro coordinator of the ourse. midable pre ence a coach calling foml academic research and (KRTJ gram succeed, come back the If Science 2 is a boot camp, out mOlivational chants, djspens manage their time. following year and a goodly Michael Randle is U,e driU ser ing wisdom, and holding stu IndiViduals are momtored number stay in the sciences," geant. He's a leamrng skills spe dents accountable as active par closely, both by their s ction The imilarities to a Marine said chern i try Professor Herbert cialist who coordinates the p 0 tic ipants In thelf education. instructor and a peer ad iser Corps boot camp are triking the ilber. who helps fund the pro gram WIth Kenk. TheIr efforts At tile final-I! 'am review ear who is a , cience 2 veteran. The chanls. the discipl ine. the drills, gram from his federal grant [0 represent an unusual collabora lier thi monUI, the roar of con students meet weekly \0\ Ith their the can equ nces. help develop more minority tion betwl; n Ih College of versatIon in the lecture hall fell peer advisers. who look over So il IS no surprise that stu researchers. Science and AcademIC Services, silent as Randle crossed the their class notes. check their dents' first reaction LO Scien e 2 Many efforts acros the coun the part of the univer ity r pon threshold. study schedules and a ~ how at _an Jo e Stale University is, try to us on keepmg students A fier some pre! im inanes, it they are doino in eve!) cia s. "I hale thi lass," rollowed by in sCience and engineering, " was trme for some ritual Students who need help re their second reaction. "1 hate IhlS Less than 15 percent of U.S . "The results prove that tu " clence 2, how do you referred for tutonng. class. " hIgh school graduates have dents who go through thb feel?" Randle houled. cience 2 15 "a copT us amount Nid.named" ience b at thl.: academic preparaLf n I pur program succeed, come back "Read\' 10 W·OT"!" the stu of work., but now that II'S ovtr camp" the course lakes a no sue scientitic or technical the following year, and II d n hollered bad, with, il'!; an accomplishment," nonsense approach to recondi degrees in college. according to goodly number slay in the As das was cnding. said freshman ErIC A.u un. "ho lioning "tllgh school brillll' the the Inslitute for Engmeermg den " Randle barked: "How do took the course la... 1 full. "The pO\lf !>luLl) h bits anLi "me"-c 11 Education at . uthem Methodist Spartans play?" give you a ton of work ' nd you tcred atlllude thaI student University - chemi rv Profes or I. "Spanans play to winl" the pull it oft~ You real Ill! \OU call omelime bring IT m high A' much as th demand!> f Herbert ilber " tudents answered rn unis n. do all that work lor other class scho i Out thl.: real idea hehind ci nee 2 Irked her. the clas The chants <lr • shorthand es." ·clcnce 2 is to keep more stu ~a. the tumlng point lhal kepI sibl for helprng ludent ta in for ~onccp that R ndle wants A habitual pr crasHO dents 10 schoul, parti uLttrl} In /\all ah Jones in hool aft..:r s ho I the tudent tl lake away wllh high school. Ausllll sai 1 the sciences. where students ilrc> roc\,;v tranSItIon from hIgh Randle I the commanding them ltamt:d thai ha, ine t IUU) more Iike I)' I s\\ itch majors (Ir 'chool to coll~gc. force behind cienc 2' quest to "ThInk biJ. W rk smart," he routm makes a hI Jill 'r 'n\; . drop out because they aren't pre "ll made me more rc ·ponsibJc (um raw high school graduates [ells them . "This is ho\\ vou play " ow I am a an: 01 how milch pared ror the f l1!or and dennit I; In rc urganlzed." II1lu 001 ersity scholar . ror~et th game." lime I need to allo te r ludv 1II course help student· said Jones, no\\ a sent-Ir and a eve IhlO", you knew and pre SCIence 2 is run a 'cunhng to ing and that I need 10 fi.,.lIr~ mit deCIde wh ther Ihe\ n:alh WRnt longtiml: peer auvl er In th pro umed hc te1\ hi tre hmen, stn t rules and value· a regular sch..:dule to ~tud " 11c to pursu\.! a s ience-career.

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